As president, CEO and owner of Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Lou Kennedy runs a global company out of West Columbia, South Carolina. She and her husband helped establish the Kennedy Pharmacy Center Innovation Center in conjunction with the USC School of Pharmacy. She received South Carolina’s Order of the Palmetto in recognition of a lifetime of service. Kennedy said, “I turned 50 a couple of years back and since that big birthday milestone, I really have focused on what I could do, not only in job goals but also in the community and for other young ladies and children who may be don’t have as many opportunities that I had. I’m trying to make a difference. I’m way too involved in probably way too many things, but it’s good to give back and its especially good to give back in your hometown.”

Pastor, Maranatha Free Church of Jesus Christ

President & CEO, Central Carolina Community Foundation; Former Chair, Richland County Library

President, Micco, LLC; Chairman of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission

District Director, Office of U.S. Representative William Timmons (SC-04)

President, The Maritime Association of South Carolina

Founder, ETV Endowment; Executive Producer, South Carolinians in WW II

President and CEO, Auntie Karen Foundation; Producer, songwriter, author

Jennifer Gutierrez-Caldwell is the Director of Youth Services at Pendleton Place.

Inez Tenenbaum practices law at Wyche, P.A. in Columbia and Greenville. She is the former Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the former Superintendent of Education for South Carolina.